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11 years ago

Cannot program Nios II on DE2-115 board - System ID/timestamp not found

Hello, I am having trouble using the NIOS II tools to program even the "Hello World" program onto my DE2-115 board. I have followed this tutorial to the letter (even though he is speaking Persian, t...
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11 years ago

Before you can use the software tools, you need to program the FPGA configuration into the Cyclone chip. This is needed every time you power on the dev board. If your board has an LED that indicates the FPGA is configured, check that it is on before attempting to load software.